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BUCKLE. No. 62,882. Patented MarflZ. 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYGQNCERN:

Be it known that I, MERWIN'FUWLER, of Wolcottville-, in have invented,made, and. applied co-use a. certain new and useful Improvem'eiit inBuckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. fulL-clear, andexact description of the said invention, reference being bad to theannexed drawing, making 'pert'of this speeification, wherein- Figure 1is a, perspective view of said buckle.

Figure 2 is a. plan; and

Figure 3 is a. section .of said: buckle in a slightly I nodified form.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Buckles have heretofore been made without penetrating-teeth or tongues,the strapbeing' clztmped between two pieces of metal. The nature of mysaid invention consists in a buckle formed with :1, wire bow, tha,t hasa double or return bend in the sides to foimthe axis for a loop that ismade with eyes at its'ends, passing around the wire of the buckle bow atthis point, so that the bucklehzis en attaching boiv at one end, and atthe other eridthe strapis held by passi'ng airound the .c lampingho'wbetweenit, on the main bow. My buckle is'strong, easily made, andespecially adapted to the bends of skeleton-skirts, vests,and'other'mfticles of 'wearing apparel.

In the drawing-a represents the mein' bow of the buckle, that is'formed'yith a double bend, at, in the sides, as in fig. 1, to form anattaching loop, 5. c is the clamping bow, niede .with cyes,-e, atitsends, passing erouud. the who of the how a, at the point where thedouble bend a: is formed, so that the ports min on each other at thispoint. The sti ap is'passed through in the direction-shown in fig. 3,and is he ld by being clumped be'tiveen the parts of the buckle d and c.

"What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- v A buckleformed of'the wire bow a, attachirig, how 12, and 'clanipingbow 0,formed with eyes e, pessirig would the Wire of the how a, kit theretur'n'bends in, as and'for thepurfio'ses specified.

Iii witness whcreofl ha e hereunto set my sigmitui-e this 22d, day ofOctober, A. D. 1866.

* MERWIN FOWLER.

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the-county of Litchfi'eld aiid State of 'Coimecticut,

